Car-seat.



Patented 00%.4, 1910.

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F. M. BILLHIMB.

CAR SEAT.

APPLICATION 211.21) NOV. 9, 1909.

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CAR. SEAT.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV; 9, 1909.

Patented Oct. 4, 1910.

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UNHED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED 1W1. BILLI-IIME, OF ESPY, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAR-SEAT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, F RED M. BILLHIME, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Espy, in the county of Columbia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Seats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway rolling stock and particularly to car seats.

An object of this invention is to provide a car seat with adjustable means whereby the position of the seat with relation to the car body may be changed; that is to say the seats may be adjusted to extend transversely of the car or they may be adjusted to extend longitudinally of the car with the backs of the seats toward the sides of the car.

A further object of this invention is to provide novel means for adj ustably supporting the ends of the seats at the sides of the car in a manner to permit swinging motion of the seats in order that the seats may move for the purpose of sweeping or cleaning the car and to that end the floor of the car is provided with means for engaging the legs of the seats when the said seats have been adjusted to a predetermined posit-ion.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, in which Figure 1, is a transverse sectional view on a car body with the invention applied thereto and shown in elevation; Fig. 2, is a horizontal sectional view taken just be low the bottom of the seat, the bottom of the seat being shown in dotted lines, one set of dotted lines showing the position of the seat transversely of the body of the car and a second set of dotted lines showing the position of the seat longitudinally of the body of the car; Fig. 3, is a vertical sectional View of the seat and its support taken on the line Y-Y of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4, is a View partly in section showing a modified support for the seat.

In these drawings A, denotes the bottom of the seat having a back B, pivoted to the end brackets C, which end brackets are se- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 9, 1909.

Patented Oct. 4, 1910.

Serial No. 526,972.

cured to the bottom A, and so far as the constructions of the bottom and back are concerned, they may be of any ordinary type.

A series of brackets D, are anchored at the sides of the car and each bracket contains a supporting plate E, on which the bottom A, of the seat is rotatable, and the said plate E, is pivotally connected to the bottom of the seat by means of the pivot F, which extends through the plate E, and into the bottom A. As a means for confining the seat on the plate and guiding it in relation thereto, a metallic strap G, has one end provided with an aperture to receive the pivot F, and it has its opposite end bent to form a shoulder H, which embraces the edge of the plate E. The end of the strap Gr, opposite to that which is pivotally connected to the plate is fastened to the bottom of the seat by a screw I, or other attaching device.

The end of the seat remote from the side of the car is supported by means of a leg J, which is secured to the bottom of the seat by means of the angle iron K. The floor of the car is provided with a curved wear plate L, extending from a point near the center of the car body to a point at the rear of the seat when the said seat extends transversely of the car body and the relation of this wear plate to the pivotal support of the seat is such that the foot M, will travel on the wear plate as the said seat is moved on its pivot. The wear plate is provided with a series of sockets N, for the reception of the foot M, when the seat has been adjusted to the proper position with relation to the car, that is when the said seat extends transversely or longitudinally of the car body.

By reason of the width of the plate E, the area for the support of the bottom of the seat is such as to prevent oscillation of the seat and it is therefore not necessary to provide any anchoring means for the end of the seat remote from the side of the car.

In Fig. 4, I have shown a slightly moditied construction of the leg J, which is provided with two feet M, and it follows that when this form is used, the wear plate L, would have to be provided with two sockets N, for each position of adjustment of the seat. The form shown in Fig. 4, might be utilized to absolutely prevent oscillation of the seat and as the cost of construction will not be materially greater than the construction of the device shown in Fig. 3, it may be preferred in many instances.

From an inspection of the drawing, it will be readily understood how the seats may be positioned transversely of the car or how they may be adjusted to extend longitudinally of the car to produce seats in a row on each side of the ear with the seats on one side facing those on the opposite side.

I claim The combination of a bracket having at its upper end an outstanding fixed plate, a seat pivoted to said plate, at one end, the pivotal connection between said seat and said plate being effected at a point distant from, and laterally of a line extending centrally through said plate and said bracket, said pivotal connection also being effected near the forward edge of said seat and said end thereof, a metallic strap applied at one end to the pivot of said seat and having its opposite end pivoted to the underside of said seat near the unpivoted end thereof, said strap having an upbent portion near one end, adapted to engage the lateral edge of said seat for aiding its retention in proper position when being swung upon its pivot, and means for supporting said seat at its unpivoted position.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRED M. BILLHIME.

lVitnesses RALPH R. JOHN, VILLIAM PUESEL. 

